The I-5 Tunnel crash seems like a good reason to start dismantling the stretch of the 2 that is south of the 5! Turn it into a normal boulevard during the inevitable reconstruction process they’re going to have to do.

Numan Parada

If anything, the truck fire could just as easily be used as a potent reason to complete the 710 gap, as it paralyzed the 5 Freeway and left motorists with either the 101 Freeway or clogging up Fremont Avenue through South Pasadena (as my buddies and I did when heading to San Diego this weekend), with no other practical options.